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right now the napa river is reaching is highest level in downtown napa. john alston is at veterans memorial park. reporter: napa river is expected to reach its peak level between now and 6:00. however, no flooding is expected in the city of napa. officials and residents are crediting a flood project that is still underway. the sign says flooded, and the vons memorial park was supposed to be closed to the public at a precaution, but that didn't stop people from bellying up to the railing to see the swollen napa river for themselves. it's big, the river project seems to be working. i was a big skeptic, but i think it's doing its job. reporter: upstream, about five miles north of town, some residents were no so leisurely as they watched the current rise. kohl is where the napa river is expected to go a foot aboveed in stage. >> could get wet on the property. i 1/2 natural drainage that runs threw the vineyards and the creek. hopefully i'll stay dry. >> in rutherford we found portions of vineyard underwater. erosion is a concern for grape growers. along main
right now the napa river is reaching is highest level in downtown napa. john alston is at veterans memorial park. reporter: napa river is expected to reach its peak level between now and 6:00. however, no flooding is expected in the city of napa. officials and residents are crediting a flood project that is still underway. the sign says flooded, and the vons memorial park was supposed to be closed to the public at a precaution, but that didn't stop people from bellying up to the railing to see...
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john alston has the story from napa. >> napa river reached the people before 6:00 p.m. tonight. it stayed within the banks and nobody was flooded. officials and residents give credit to the recent flood control budget. >> i'm glad they engineered it correctly and it's working. >> it seems to be working. i was a big skeptic, yeah, think it's doing the job. >> the napa river was expected to grow a foot above flood stage which is five miles north of downtown. it's mainly an agricultural area with few homes nearby. >> it's wet around the property. i have a natural drainage swell over the vineyards. hopefully i'll stay dry. >> we are were expecting more rainfall. we had two inches in napa and they were calling from three to seven. just waited nature works. sometimes she works and sometimes not. >> sandbags were not needed. >> we came in this morning. they said, hey, we're not sure what is going to happen. that is what we did. >> as the weather front passes, all the flood watches and warnings in effect today have now been cancelled. in napa, john alston, abc7 news. >> we get a little
john alston has the story from napa. >> napa river reached the people before 6:00 p.m. tonight. it stayed within the banks and nobody was flooded. officials and residents give credit to the recent flood control budget. >> i'm glad they engineered it correctly and it's working. >> it seems to be working. i was a big skeptic, yeah, think it's doing the job. >> the napa river was expected to grow a foot above flood stage which is five miles north of downtown. it's mainly an...
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. >> ama: in napa, the national weather service issued a flood warning for the napa river, a waterway prone to flooding, and the city's residents are hoping it's not a repeat of the devastating flood in 2005. >> the napa river looks calm now but that could change in a hurry tonight with another round of heavy rains about to hit. serious floods are common here, and residents are on alert, preparing by filling sandbags provided by the city. >> when stuff like this happens, city of napa takes care of napa. >> residents filled 700 bags, ten tons of sand in three hours this morning. >> my son and i picked up 12 sandbags. >> he had the forsythe to plan ahead because of the past. his home has flooded three times. sanbags are one of many weapons in his arsenal. >> we expect the worst to be tomorrow morning. that usually happenings. the rain falls, river rises, comes down and floods our area. >> the national weather service warns the river will rise above flood stage tomorrow in 2005, the river overwhelmed downtown napa and flooded thousands of acres. 1,000 homes were flooded or destroyed. sin
. >> ama: in napa, the national weather service issued a flood warning for the napa river, a waterway prone to flooding, and the city's residents are hoping it's not a repeat of the devastating flood in 2005. >> the napa river looks calm now but that could change in a hurry tonight with another round of heavy rains about to hit. serious floods are common here, and residents are on alert, preparing by filling sandbags provided by the city. >> when stuff like this happens, city...
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river, sergio quintana is live in napa. sergio? reporter: well, the rains have already caused some problems around town near napa, and the flood warning for the napa river has been extended through the weekend. tomorrow afternoon is when the napa river is supposed to be at its highest point. >> rain soaked trees are the first to cause problems on this stretch of redwood road. two trees came down and took out a powerline, knocking out electricity for 50 pg&e customers. the closed road also turned what usually be a five minute drive through the neighborhood into a 45 minute detour and caused concerns about nearby creeks and rivers. >> i was worried it wased inning here. >> some of his neighbors have put up small dikes in their front yard just to case. >> the creek will pop out up the street first and run down the street, and then the water is looking to get back in the creek so what the neighbors do is dike up the front ofÑç the yards to keep the water from coming in. >> at this city sand bag station, rob and some friends a
river, sergio quintana is live in napa. sergio? reporter: well, the rains have already caused some problems around town near napa, and the flood warning for the napa river has been extended through the weekend. tomorrow afternoon is when the napa river is supposed to be at its highest point. >> rain soaked trees are the first to cause problems on this stretch of redwood road. two trees came down and took out a powerline, knocking out electricity for 50 pg&e customers. the closed road...
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river, sergio quintana is live in napa. sergio? reporter: well, the rains have already caused some problems around town near napa, and the flood warning for the napa river has been extended through the weekend. tomorrow afternoon is when the napa river is supposed to be at its highest point. >> rain soaked trees are the first to cause problems on this stretch of redwood road. two trees came down and took out a powerline, knocking out electricity for 50 pg&e customers. the closed road also turned what usually be a five five minute de through the neighborhood into a 45 minute detour and caused concerns about nearby creeks and rivers. >> i was worried it wased inning here. >> some of his neighbors have put up small dikes in their front yard just to case. >> the creek will pop out up the street first and run down the street, and then the water is looking to get back in the creek so what the neighbors do is dike up the front ofÑç the yards to keep the water from coming in. >> at this city sand bag station, rob and some friends
river, sergio quintana is live in napa. sergio? reporter: well, the rains have already caused some problems around town near napa, and the flood warning for the napa river has been extended through the weekend. tomorrow afternoon is when the napa river is supposed to be at its highest point. >> rain soaked trees are the first to cause problems on this stretch of redwood road. two trees came down and took out a powerline, knocking out electricity for 50 pg&e customers. the closed road...
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the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her garage door. >> it came all the way up to the edge of the garage and it only went in there when the people would drive by with their truck. >> they lived here for 22 years. she built this house with the main living quarters 20 feet above the street level because the river floods so often. she says at one point her daughter used this kayak to help a neighbor out of his flooded home. anthony white who lives up the street showed us how high it was on his shin. he said he was ready to get his family out as the water was rising. >> we were definitely ready to get out of her
the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her...
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novato, nine miles, napa, the fog migrating towards the east, napa, seven miles visibility. the rest of the bay area doing pretty good but the central valley fog will migrate back torts the west overnight. that could pose some travel problems tomorrow morning. right now we're 54 in antioch. 44 in concord. 52, san francisco. napa, 40. 48 in mountain view. we'll continue with the patchy areas of dense fog overnight. warmer getting into sunday and monday, and then start to cool things down and bring showers back into our forecast. lows tonight, generally mid-to upper 30s in the north bay, a little warmer thanks to the veil of clouds over you. 47 for san francisco tonight and we'll go 37 with pockets of fog near the livermore valley area. here's what i'm talking about. fog, very dense in the central valley, and then the winds migrate back towards the west so towards the delta, antioch, oakley, brentwood, you may wake up with very dense fog and then it should start to thin out by around, i'd say,here's the 11:0. here's the setup. high pressure diverting storms to the north of us.
novato, nine miles, napa, the fog migrating towards the east, napa, seven miles visibility. the rest of the bay area doing pretty good but the central valley fog will migrate back torts the west overnight. that could pose some travel problems tomorrow morning. right now we're 54 in antioch. 44 in concord. 52, san francisco. napa, 40. 48 in mountain view. we'll continue with the patchy areas of dense fog overnight. warmer getting into sunday and monday, and then start to cool things down and...
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the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her garage door. >> it came all the way up to the edge of the garage and it only went in there when the people would drive by with their truck. >> they lived here for 22 years. she built this house with the main living quarters 20 feet above the street level because the river floods so often. she says at one point her daughter used this kayak to help a neighbor out of his flooded home. anthony white who lives up the street showed us how high it was on his shin. he said he was ready to get his family out as the water was rising. >> we were definitely ready to get out of her
the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her...
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novato, nine miles, napa, the fog migrating towards the east, napa, seven miles visibility. the rest of the bay area doing pretty good but the central valley fog will migrate back torts the west overnight. that could pose some travel problems tomorrow morning. right now we're 54 in antioch. 44 in concord. 52, san francisco. napa, 40. 48 in mountain view. we'll continue with the patchy areas of dense fog overnight. warmer getting into sunday and monday, and then start to cool things down and bring showers back into our forecast. lows tonight, generally mid-to upper 30s in the north bay, a little warmer thanks to the veil of clouds over you. 47 for san francisco tonight and we'll go 37 with pockets of fog near the livermore valley area. here's what i'm talking about. fog, very dense in the central valley, and then the winds migrate back towards the west so towards the delta, antioch, oakley, brentwood, you may wake up with very dense fog and then it should start to thin out by around, i'd say, 10:00, 11:00. here's the setup. high pressure diverting storms to the north of us. t
novato, nine miles, napa, the fog migrating towards the east, napa, seven miles visibility. the rest of the bay area doing pretty good but the central valley fog will migrate back torts the west overnight. that could pose some travel problems tomorrow morning. right now we're 54 in antioch. 44 in concord. 52, san francisco. napa, 40. 48 in mountain view. we'll continue with the patchy areas of dense fog overnight. warmer getting into sunday and monday, and then start to cool things down and...
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here's a live picture or the napa river in napa. although the town got drenched the river depressed overflow. city officials credit a flood control project still being built as helping get rid of the extra water. we'll have a live report at 6:15. sonoma county, in gurneyville, residents dodged a bullet. the russian river did not overflow. sonoma county received between four to ten inches of rain. residents hope when the tide goes out, the excess water will go with it. >>> there are some flooded streets in san francisco as well as fallen trees, hill -- hill -- lillian him is live. reporter: this is quite a big cleanup job. this large tree came crashing down this morning. as you can imagine for the people who live here, it as quite a scare. >> the family surveyed the damage. luckily no one was hurt but this large tree, which came from the house two doors down, damaged the fence and a tree. their dog was in the backyard when it happened. >> i was there with my dog, and that would happen been just tragic. i'm glad he ran. he has big leg
here's a live picture or the napa river in napa. although the town got drenched the river depressed overflow. city officials credit a flood control project still being built as helping get rid of the extra water. we'll have a live report at 6:15. sonoma county, in gurneyville, residents dodged a bullet. the russian river did not overflow. sonoma county received between four to ten inches of rain. residents hope when the tide goes out, the excess water will go with it. >>> there are...
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we are in napa where precautions worked. >> reporter: that's right, ann. the river behind me is cresting but it is still within the banks. predictions were missed, but not by much; especially when it comes to floods. folks here are not too excited. the water level came close to 3- foot of the banks. up river at saint heleno there was minor flooding, about a half foot above stage but people were concerned, like the people who emptied 50 tons of sand over this lot to protect their property. juan has been through 20 years of floods and he knows what to do. >> i used to believe sandbags didn't work, but they do. they work, flashlights and just have everything ready, food and have your cars gassed up. >> others put their faith in the not yet complete flood control project that helps when runoff is high. jeannine has seen the napa flood all her life. >> no, i wasn't concerned. i know they've had a lot of improvements on the napa river in the last few years and i knew it would be a normal storm. >> reporter: city and county officials are saying they don't think t
we are in napa where precautions worked. >> reporter: that's right, ann. the river behind me is cresting but it is still within the banks. predictions were missed, but not by much; especially when it comes to floods. folks here are not too excited. the water level came close to 3- foot of the banks. up river at saint heleno there was minor flooding, about a half foot above stage but people were concerned, like the people who emptied 50 tons of sand over this lot to protect their property....
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napa river -- rivers out there. napa river, expected to be 19 feet at 7:00 p.m. this evening. also an update on the russian river. russian river, water takes its time to get there. cresting tomorrow morning, but below flood stage. we have a break in the rain for tomorrow but i am tracking a weaker system for the five-day forecast. i will have that in a few minutes. >>> that wet weather made for treacherous driving conditions and led to a serious crash that sent three firefighters to the hospital. ktvu's ann rubin explains why they are begging drivers to slow down. >> reporter: it wasn't supposed to happen this way. but after firefighters arrived on this accident scene they ended up needing help. >> of the four, three were our employees. >> reporter: this after multiple accidents on highway 24. the first, a fender bender. the second a car swiping the fire truck. >> the third was a suv that lost control. clipped the back of a fire truck. over turned. hit three firefighters. and a civilian from a previous collision. >> reporter: the firefighters were standing on the shoulder in
napa river -- rivers out there. napa river, expected to be 19 feet at 7:00 p.m. this evening. also an update on the russian river. russian river, water takes its time to get there. cresting tomorrow morning, but below flood stage. we have a break in the rain for tomorrow but i am tracking a weaker system for the five-day forecast. i will have that in a few minutes. >>> that wet weather made for treacherous driving conditions and led to a serious crash that sent three firefighters to...
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napa 30. napa had actually reached 53- mile per hour gusts earlier down into the south they took a little while but gusts have really picked up. 29 miles per hour reported in san jose. when advisory will last for the post as well as the hills lasting until about 10:00. for some of us until about noon time. this one is living through right now. as it does, it's bringing along the wind. once this front passes through, the winds died down. over the north bay where the rain is steady but later at this time, the winds are beginning to die down. let me bring you through this. a talk in this morning. through 9:00 it will still be with us. as we get into 10:00, scattered showers around the bay area. still getting hammered pretty good. by noontime, 1:00 or so, we are breaking away to partly cloudy skies over the north bay. scattered showers in the forecast. we are looking at pretty good conditions into the afternoon by the second half of the day. as we get you through the morning hours, we continue to
napa 30. napa had actually reached 53- mile per hour gusts earlier down into the south they took a little while but gusts have really picked up. 29 miles per hour reported in san jose. when advisory will last for the post as well as the hills lasting until about 10:00. for some of us until about noon time. this one is living through right now. as it does, it's bringing along the wind. once this front passes through, the winds died down. over the north bay where the rain is steady but later at...
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inland not bad. 63 in the napa valley. drying out in the north bay 36 degrees there in santa rosa and 62 degrees in daly city. next couple of days, a break today and better part of the day tomorrow and clouds thicken up and rain developing late in the day overnight tuesday night into wednesday. looks like we dry out again on thursday and friday. that's a look at weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the japanese government says 49 highway tunnels will be inpicked immediately in the wake of a deadly accident. investigators say missing bolts may have caused concrete ceiling slabs to fall on cars in a highway tunnel killing nine people. yesterday's accident happened deep inside a three-mile-long tunnel about 50 miles west of tokyo. >>> we have got a warning on our next story the video may be disturbing for young children. a california magician suffered serious burns during a tv appearance in the dominican republic. here it is. cameras were rolling last week when the tv show host pours flammable cologne on the comedian. and
inland not bad. 63 in the napa valley. drying out in the north bay 36 degrees there in santa rosa and 62 degrees in daly city. next couple of days, a break today and better part of the day tomorrow and clouds thicken up and rain developing late in the day overnight tuesday night into wednesday. looks like we dry out again on thursday and friday. that's a look at weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the japanese government says 49 highway tunnels will be inpicked immediately in...
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napa like now 57 degrees. downtown san francisco, 66. and san josi, right about 61 degrees. reporting fair skies. overnight lows will be chilly overnight once again, so you definitely want to bundle up for work and school your monday morning. overnight readings in the upper 30s to santa rosa and to the 40s or san francisco and pacifica. san josi, 44 degrees. we're starting out the day in the chilly 30s and 40s. in the afternoon, most areas back into the mid to upper 60s once again. so not much of a change in temperatures, but i'm tracking a cooling trend and when shower chances resurface in in our five-day forecast. >>> thank you, mark. >>> the lights are now back on for thousands of south bay residents after a car crash knock out powers to four neighborhoods. a car struck a utility polite on homestead road in sunnyvale. the accident caused tree branches to fall, as you see here, bringing down the wires. the collision caught pout power 6500 customers. we spoke to one resident who said the whole thing was so loud it actually woke him up. >> i was in bed, it was like quarter a
napa like now 57 degrees. downtown san francisco, 66. and san josi, right about 61 degrees. reporting fair skies. overnight lows will be chilly overnight once again, so you definitely want to bundle up for work and school your monday morning. overnight readings in the upper 30s to santa rosa and to the 40s or san francisco and pacifica. san josi, 44 degrees. we're starting out the day in the chilly 30s and 40s. in the afternoon, most areas back into the mid to upper 60s once again. so not much...
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. >>> flood warnings for the napa river were canceled yesterday afternoon to the relief of those nearby. some residents prepared for the worst putting sandbags around their properties. heavy rain brought the water level to three feet of going over the banks. >>> this is the russian river in guerneville over the weekend. flood warnings were cancelled. the river crested at 6 feet about an hour -- 16 feet about an hour ago. the highest recorded flood occurred in 1986 when the river reached 49 feet. >>> strong wind also caused a lot of problems. we have a broken power pole in san francisco sunset district leaving 8500 people without electricity yesterday. it was one of multiple incidents where trees or power polls brought down power lines. the latest outages show a 650 homes in the north bay without power and around 600 in the south bay as well as others. >>> rain opened up a large pothole on westbound 4 in pittsburg blamed for flattening the tires of two dozen cars yesterday. that's no fun. crews shut down the lane while they made those emergency repairs. it's now open again. >>> this is j
. >>> flood warnings for the napa river were canceled yesterday afternoon to the relief of those nearby. some residents prepared for the worst putting sandbags around their properties. heavy rain brought the water level to three feet of going over the banks. >>> this is the russian river in guerneville over the weekend. flood warnings were cancelled. the river crested at 6 feet about an hour -- 16 feet about an hour ago. the highest recorded flood occurred in 1986 when the...